The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-25

nAetueT III VI Out OIL the state, anu de
ducsing from the said money and credit.
and not from said aggregated, what they
owe to others as principal debtors. II I
company havo branchen, each branch
shall be asseessed separately in the district
where the principal office Tor transacting
Its financial concerns is located, or II there
be no such Office, then In the distri CT
where its operations are carried on, All
property OF navigation companies and
other joint ,stock transportation comps.
nies Except railroads), whether real o,
personal, ahall be taxed in the county and
district wherein such property Is situated,
and all locks and dams OF navigation com.
panies snall be assessed and taxed as real
ealate, in tho county in which such locks
and dams are situated, md 1t shall be the
duty ot the assessor OF each district ia
asaess such property as hereinbeforo
directed. When the capital OF company
ir asseased az foresaid, the personal prop.
erty thereof, which shnll not be held to
include the locks and dams Of nayiga.
CATION company, shall not be otherwise
assessed, nor shall any individual share
holder or partner therein be required to
liat or bs,assesaed with his share, portion
or interest in the said capital. 1,
HOUSE pRocRIDlNGs. -
In the House Mr.. Chow, from the
Finance Committee, reported back the bill
to appropriate money to build sewage
crematory q! the Weston asylum, with
the recommendation that It do not pass.
House Bill No. 2S5, to authorizes the
kanawha & Ohio Railway company to
build bridge across the Great Kanawha
between Charleston and the mouth OF the
Gauley river, Was passed. 9g-a y
In the afternoon the consideration oil
tho General Appropriation bill was re.
sumed and wrangling over the different
provisions consumed the afternoon ses.
sion. An amendment was made giving
the President Of tho State Uniyersity
$1,000 yearly salary.
The bill to establish State Reform
School was taken up on it's aecond reading,
and Mr.. Kidd moved to provide for tbs
admission OF girls as well as boys 10 the
proposed school. In opposing this amend.
ment Mr.. Hamilton said ho had never
seen female under q years Of age in tho
penitentiary and he had been there sey.
eral times. This caused smile, which
increased to laugh when he added, "as
q visitor-ss visitor." Mr.. Kidd's
amendment was rejected. Dr.. Hensley
moved to locate the school OF Now Haven,
in Mason county; DR.. McClung at Alder.
son, Monroe county; Mr.. Young at Buck.
hannon, Upshur county. The latter two
proposals were voted down, and DR.. Nc.
Chung moved to locate at Blue Sulphur
Springs, Greenbrier county. Mr.. Kidd
moved to table the whole matter. Lost.
Blue Sulphur Springs was rejected, and
Mr.. Garden moved to insert Ohio county.
This he said he did out Of economy, "a
rine.tenths Of tho bad boys lived in Ohio
county or its immediate vicinity, MIR.
Kinsey moved to lay the bill on the table.
Carried.
APPROPRIATION BILL.
In considering the general appropriation
bill motion was made to strike out the
appropriation Of $500 in each year for the
State Fish Commission was also debated
at some length, and lost.
The appropriation OF $1,000 to pay O. @,
Watts for legal services in the litigation
concerning tho taxation OF the Chesape cake
& Ohio Railway Company caused consid-
cradle discussion, and successive amend
ments, to reduce to $1,000 and to sl,5OO,
were rejected. Mr.. Whitaker then moved
10 reduce to $1,000 and to add $500, to be
paid to Col. Robert White for services in
the same case. He made q ehort speech
in earnest support of this amendment,
Mr.. Kidd opposed, and Mr.. Hagans favor
ed, the discussion taking a wide range.
Mr.. Kidd accused certain attorneys OF
Wheeling" OF lobbying against every fee
Which did not benefit them personally.
Mr.. Hagans called attention to the fact
that Ex-Governor Boreman had been nj
lowed but 5000 and Caldwell l. Caldwell
$500 for their services in cases involving
the right to tax the Baltimore & Ohio and
Panhandle railroad bridges across the
Ohio, and wanted to know il the discrim-
ination was simply because these men did
no. live in Charleston. Mr.. Whitaker re-
ferred to Gen. Watts request for the fee
us an exhibition OF cheek. E.--
The debate WAS pending when the
House at 6 o'clock took recess until 1880.
at the evening session Mr.. Whitaker
accepted an amendment offered by Mr..
Woods, to omit the clause concerning Col.
White, it being explained that Col. White
had no claim on the State and did not
want to be considered in connection with
the matter. Mr.. Hagans moved 10 allow
Gen. Watts $50 90. Judge Hoke opposed
any reduction, aud said there "muet be
improper influences brought to bear" on
the other side. This brought Mr.. Hagans
to his feet. He thought his motives had
been impugned. Judge Hoke explained
that this was not the case, and Mr. Ha-
gans "cccepted his apology" SA1r. Toler
advocated the cut in the appropriation in
characteristic speech. Mr.. Brown also
favored the reduction. A good deal OF fun
was gotten out of the matter, and finally
Mr.. kinsey demanded the previous ques-
ton. Mr.. HAeans' amendment WAS re-
jected, and Mr.. Woods moved to
make it 81, 900. This was also Loaf and
alter eoms suggestions az to the desira-
bility OF Fastening action on the bill,
Mr.. Whitaker withdrew the $1,000
proposition, and Mr.. Kidd moved as a
compromise to make it $500. Mr..
Gorrell ct once moved to make it 81, 500.
This was adopted by a vote of 81 to 80.
Mr.. Kidd then moved to cut down ex-
Governor Boreman's aud Caldwell 4
Caldwell'a fees from $500 to $500. This
created another long debate, and at
length Mr.. Kidd withdrew his amend
'msnt. DR.. Hsnsley demanded the pre-.
.vious question on ordering the bill to its
engrossment and third reading, and it
Was so ordered. 54,
ttussia's Purchase. ~
LONDON, Feb. 24.-Russia has just pur-
Chased several large steamships for the
purpose, It is understood, OF transporting
troops to Vladivoster. i .ts.5z
NEWS IN BRIEF. Eszs
In the Senate yesterday o resolution de-
claring Senator Ingalls, President pro tenn.